March 1 — Yellowstone National Park Established (1872)
March 2 — Theodore Geisel, or Dr. Seuss, Born (1904)
March 3 — World Wildlife Day and Creation of CITES (1973)
March 3 — Isle Royale National Park Authorized (1931)
March 4 — Hot Springs National Park Established (1921)
March 5 — Lynn Margulis, Evolutionary Biologist, Born (1938)
March 6 — Martha Burton Williamson, Pioneering Malacologist, Born (1843)
March 7 — Luther Burbank Born (1849)
March 8 — Everett Horton Patents the Telescoping Fishing Rod (1887)
March 9 — The Turbot War Begins (1995)
March 10 — Cape Lookout National Seashore Established (1966)
March 11 — Save the Redwoods League Founded (1918)
March 12 — Charles Young, First African-American National Park Superintendent, Born (1864)
March 12 — Girl Scouts Founded (1912)
March 13 — National Elephant Day, Thailand
March 14 — First National Wildlife Refuge Created (1903)
March 15 — Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, Born (1874)
March 16 — Amoco Cadiz Runs Aground (1978)
March 17 — St. Patrick and Ireland’s Snakes
March 18 — Nation’s First Wildlife Refuge Created (1870)
March 19 — When the Swallows Return to Capistrano
March 20 — “Our Common Future” Published (1987)
March 21 — International Day of Forests
March 23 — Sitka National Historical Park Created (1910)
March 24 — John Wesley Powell, Western Explorer, Born (1834)
March 25 — Norman Borlaug, Father of the Green Revolution, Born (1914)
March 26 — Marjorie Harris Carr, Pioneering Florida Conservationist, Born (1915)
March 26 — Kruger National Park Established (1898)
March 27 — Trans-Alaska Pipeline Begun (1975)
March 28 — Joseph Bazalgette, London’s Sewer King, Born (1819)
March 29 — Niagara Falls Stops Flowing (1848)
March 30 — The United States Buys Alaska (1867)
March 31 — Al Gore, Environmental Activist and U.S. Vice President, Born (1948)